Shipping-box.



C. H. CANFIELD.

SHIPPING BOX.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17. 1914.

1,148,752. Patented Aug. 3,1915.

(Charla-5H Cary/"Yield INVENTOR AT FTQ SHIPPING-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

Application filed. March 17, 1914. Serial No. 825,271.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. CANFIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Shipping-Box, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in shipping boxes, and its object is to provide a shipping box particularly adapted for carrying fragile articles, but useful for other purposes, and capable of construction permitting the box to be supplied in knock-down condition.

In accordance with the present invention the boxis made of a single piece of suitable material, such as heavy paper or box-board, cut and scored, and provided with pastors, all in a manner permitting the box to be quickly assembled by the user, and after the desired articles have been placed in the box to be closed in a substantially air tight manner and sealed against accidental opening if such be desired.

The blank from which the box is readily set up comprises a body portion with front, back and end parts, a lid with front and side flaps, and extra flaps carried by the back portion of the body part in a manner to fold into the interior of the box, thereby sealing the rear edges of the box, and these may be made further secure by adhesive strips while the front corners of both the body and lid of the box may be made secure by suitable pastors or sealing devices, and

-other pasters may be provided for the final closing of the box. 7

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed descriptiomta'ken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, with the further understanding that while the drawings show a practical form of the invention, the latter is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings, but may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention.

In the drawings :Figure '1 is a plan view of the blank in displayed form. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofthe assembled box with the lid open. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the box closed and sealed. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 3

with the contents of the box omitted to avoid hiding of distant parts.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a blank comprising portions 1 and 2 constituting the top of the lid and the bottom of the body, respectively, of the assembled box, and these parts are connected by an intermediate portion 3 forming the back of the assembled box. Along that edge of the lid 1 remote from the connecting portion 3 IS a part 4 constituting what may be termed the front portion or flap of the lid of the box, while at opposite ends of the lid part 1 are other parts 5 and 6, respectively, constltuting what may be termed the end portions of the lid of the box. The body portion 2 has at the end remote from the back portion 3 a part 7 which in the assembled box forms the front portion thereof, while at opposite ends of the body portion 2 are other parts 8 and 9, respectively, constitut ing the ends of the body portion of the box. All these parts are named with respect to the completed box as seen by the observer in the positions represented in Figs. 2 and 3, and while in the showing of the drawings the box is oblong, the same designations of pharts would apply to a box of any suitable s -ape.

At the ends of the back portion 3 are flap continuations 10, 11, respectively. The flap 10 is separated from the end members 5 and 8 of the lid and body by slits 12 of suitable width for a purpose which will hereinafter appear, while the flap 11 is separated from the neighboring end parts 6 and 9 by slits 13 similar to the slits 12 and for the same purpose.

Fast to the end member 4 of the lid part 1 are adhesive strips or pastors 14, 15, re spectively, and similarly fast to the front portion 7 of the body of the box are other pasters 16, 17 respectively, while fast to the bacllr 3 of the box are pastors 18, 19, respective y.

In line with the slits 12 and 13 where the main portion of the lid 1 and the box back 3 join, the blank is scored, as indicated by the dotted line 20, and along a similar line where the body 2 and back 3 join is a scoring represented by the dotted line 21. Similarly the junctionof the flap 4 with the lid 1 is scored, as indicated by the dotted line 22, and like scorings occur between the lid 1 and the end flaps 5 and 6, as indicated by the dotted lines 23mm 24, respectively. The

urface as indicated by the dotted line 25, and the junction of the flaps 8 and 9 with the body 2 is scored, as indicated by the dotted lines 26 and 27, respectively. The junction between the fiaps 10 scored, as indicated by the dotted lines 28 and 29, respectively. It is to be observed that the length of the lid between the scorings 23 and 24: is greater than the length of the body portion between the scorings 26 and 27, and the width of the lid between the scorings 20 and 22 is greater than the width of the body between the scorings21 and 25. Moreover, the length of the back 3 between the scorings 28 and 29 is less than that of the body 2 between the scorings 26 and 27. With such a blank the user can bend the front flap 4: and the end flaps 5 and 6 of the lid one toward eachother until the corners meet, and then by moistening the pasters 1a and 15 the latter are connected to the outer of the ends 5 and 6 and are then foldedover the edges and caused to adhere to the inner surfaces of these members and the fiap a at the corners, thus assembling the lid of the box in customary form. The same operation is formed with relation to the flaps 7 8, and 9 of the body portion 2 and the pasters 16 and 17 are likewise applied to thoroughly connect the outer corners of the body member. Now, the back 3 may be bent along the line 21 and the lid bent along the line 20, the flaps 10 and 11 having first been folded upon the lines 28 and 29 toward each other. In this position they are within the ends 8 and 9 of the body portion, and are in spaced relation to the ends 5 and 6 of the lid portion, so that these flaps 10 andll as the lid is closed down upon the body of the box readily move inside the ends 8 and 9 of the body of the box while the ends 5 and 6 of the lid move outside of the ends 8 and 9 of the body of the box, and the lid being somewhat wider than the body of the box, is readily moved down thereupon with the front flap 4 in front of the front flap 7 of the body 2. In this closed position of the box the free portions of the pasters 18 and 19 are readily brought against the ends 5 and6 of the lid of the box, thus sealing this portion of the lid of the box, While another paster 30 in part fast to the bottom of the body 2 of the box is readily brought up and caused to adhere to the front surface of the front fiapc of the lid of the box, thereby efiectively sealing the box in closed position and on the breaking of these seals represented by the fiaps 18, 19 and 30 the box may be opened. The flaps 10 and 11 because of the width of the slots 12 and 13 fold inside of the body of the box, and serve to effectively seal that portion of the box where the back 3 engages the body part, wherefore the box is to all and 11 and the back 3 is be said to be quite effectively air tight.

In Fig. 2 the box is shown as provided;

with partitions 31 'uch as are customarily employed for shipping eggs or other like articles, and by making the walls of the box 7 and the partitions of the egg holder of corrugated or cellular boxmaterial, the box may be saf ly employed for the shipment of eggs byparcel post or other carriers.

The blanks are adapted to beshipped to points of use in the flat condition and, therefore, take up a minimum of space and may be readily assembled in quick order into complete strong boxes or containers for any purpose for whichthey may be adapted.

It is to be noted that all the pasters or ad- 7 hesive strips are initially attached to one face of the blank and are readily further applied after the blank is bent into box form-to hold the part in such form, while some of the pasters are utilized for the final sealing of the box in the closed position.

What is claimed is V 1. A blank for forming a shipping case or box, comprising a single sheet of suitable material cut and scored to define lid and body portions of a-box, each with end and front flaps and a connecting back portion common toboth the lid and body portions, the back portion also having terminal flaps related thereto to fold into the interior of the body, portion when the box is in assembled position, and the blank having adhesive strips on the front flaps of both the lid and body portions for uniting the corners of said portions, and the common back portion having adhesive flaps fast thereto with extensions adapted to be secured to the end flaps of the lid portion of the assembled box to seal the rear end of the lid in the closed po sition.

2. A blank for forming a shipping case or box, comprising a single sheet of suitable material cut and scored to define lid and body portions of a box each with end and 1 front flaps and a connecting back portion common to both the lid and body portions, the back portion also having terminal flaps related thereto to fold into the interior of the body portion when the box is in assembled position, and the blank having adhesive strips on the front flaps of both the lid and body portions for uniting the corto seal it in the closed position.

' 3. A blank for a shipping case or box iao comprising a single sheet of suitable material cut and scored to define lid and body portions of the box With end and front flaps for both the lid and the body portions and a connecting back for the lid and body portions common to both, and adhesive flaps fast to the front flaps of the lid and body portions and each longer than the Width of such lid and body flaps to be folded back thereupon and thereby form inner and outer coverings for the corresponding corners of the body and lid.

4:. A blank for a shipping case or box comprising a single sheet of suitable material cut and scored to define lid and body portions of the box with end and front flaps for both the lid and the body portions and a connecting back for the lid and body portions common to both, and adhesive flaps fast to the front flaps of the lid and body portions and each longer than the Width of such lid and body flaps to be folded back thereupon and thereby form inner and outer coverings for the corresponding corners of the body and lid, and said box also having adhesive flaps at the ends of the common back portion and at the front end of the body portion for sealing the cover in the closed position in the assembled box.

5. A one piece shipping case or box comprising a body member having end and front flaps, a lid member having end and front flaps and such body and lid member having a common back portion, adhesive strips both interior and exterior to the outer corners of the lid and box, and other adhesive strips fast to the bottom of the box and to opposite ends of the back of the box With extensions adapted to engage the side and front flaps of the cover of the box When in the closed position to seal the box in said closed position.

6. A one piece shipping case or box comprising a body member having end and front flaps, a lid member having end and front flaps and such body and lid member having a common back portion, adhesive strips both interior and exterior to the outer corners of the lid and box, and other adhesive strips fast to the bottom of the box and to opposite ends of the back of the box With extensions adapted to engage the side and front flaps of the cover of the box When in the closed position to seal the box in said closed position, the back of the box having terminal extensions in line With the length of the back and adapted to fold into the interior of the body of the box When the cover is in the closed position.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my oWn, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES HERBERT CANFIELD.

Witnesses:

ALBERT J. FISHER, A. N. ELLIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

